I don' understand your comment or how it relates to anything I said. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 12:09 AM, Boris Liberman <[email protected]> wrote: > Daniel, consider this - if your country invests 1 trln (yep, trillion) > dollars in educational system this year, they will see the outcome in, may > be like 20 years - 12 years of school, 3-4 years - first degree, 4-6 years - > second and/or third degree... So this kind of investment is extremely risky > by modern measure. Further, a politician (or a group of them) responsible > for this act are very unlikely to be mentioned in the Great Books of > History... So, instead they do cheap populism and "no child left behind" > stuff... The slippery slope will get progressively more slippery... > > On 4/10/2013 8:01 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: >> >> " If we want a school system that works, we need to switch to an >> all-public model." >> >> How will reducing everyone to the lowest common denominator make the >> system "work"?> >> Dan Matyola >> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola >> >> >> On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 11:10 AM, Aahz Maruch <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> On Tue, Apr 09, 2013, Paul Stenquist wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> This discussion seems to assume that the existence of charter shoals >>>> and voucher systems is up for debate. It's not. They're operating and, >>>> in many places, succeeding. We still have much to learn about how >>>> they should be regulated and on what basis they should be allowed to >>>> compete, but going back to a schools system that is operated only by >>>> the government isn't going to happen. That's history. >>> >>> >>> Only if we want to continue with a failing school system. If we want a >>> school system that works, we need to switch to an all-public model (with, >>> of course, some caveats): >>> >>> >>> http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2011/12/what-americans-keep-ignoring-about-finlands-school-success/250564/ >>> >>> You have valid points about the entrenched interests, but vouchers and >>> charter schools are not the answer, if only because they just won't take >>> the real problem children (behavior disorders and physical/mental >>> disabilities). >>> -- >>> Hugs and backrubs -- I break Rule 6 >>> http://rule6.info/ >>> <*> <*> <*> >>> Help a hearing-impaired person: http://rule6.info/hearing.html >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> [email protected] >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow the directions. >> >> > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
